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Marta Pascual Juanola

Marta Pascual Juanola

Marta Pascual Juanola is an investigative journalist at The Age. Before that, she was a crime and justice reporter. You can contact her securely via m.pascualjuanola@proton.me or Signal on +61 468 688 436.

Police conducted a dynamite detonation in Northcote on Sunday.

Melbourne park evacuated after dynamite find as bomb unit makes controlled detonations

Footage obtained by The Age shows explosives being detonated near bushland in Merri Park just before 1pm. The police operation finished late in the afternoon.

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16 Yards co-chief executive Shayne Hood, and lived experience mentor Jacob Kuol.

‘You are meant to be greater’: The bold plan to stop youth crime – at the hospital bedside

Youth workers and mentors will be embedded in two major Melbourne hospitals under a pilot program to divert young offenders away from crime. 

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While Operation Epic Fury was militarily successful, securing a settlement, peace deal or even just a framework agreement has been less of a triumph.

Australia news as it happened: US strikes Iranian radar, drone sites; Sydney, Melbourne property prices fall sharply

Follow along as we bring you the latest live news updates from Australia and beyond.

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Hospitality venues have been targeted through a series of arson attacks aimed at extorting the owners.

Burning up the dance floor: Mysterious gang targeting clubs, promoters in new extortion scheme

There have been more than a dozen attacks on clubs and pubs in Melbourne with claims the gang behind the violence is trying to muscle in on security and the drug trade at venues.

  • Cameron Houston, Marta Pascual Juanola, Chris Vedelago and Carla Jaeger
Kate was introduced to GHB as a way to help her sleep after consuming meth. She was immediately hooked.

Kate begged for help for drug addiction. It took eight months before it came

Victorians using the drug GHB are stuck in a bottleneck to access detox services, and are often left with no other option but to try to withdraw at home, putting their lives at risk.

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Richard Wills, who was shot dead and buried in a shallow grave in Ouyen

A farmer kissed his wife goodbye and went to work. He was found in a shallow grave

Richard Wills was last seen leaving his home on Easter Sunday. His body was found on his farm two days later, and police believe he was dragged behind a car and shot.

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Gregory Browne was found guilty at two separate jury trials at the County Court.

‘Soul-crushing’: Rapist’s ‘good character’ retrial highlights call for urgent law change

Gregory Browne was found guilty of repeatedly raping and bashing his late partner, but was granted a retrial because evidence of his “good character” was not raised in court.

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Clad in a doona when he confronted police, Dezi Freeman was shot dead on Monday morning.

Dezi Freeman formally identified by Victoria Police

Forensic testing has confirmed the man killed by police on Monday at a remote property on the banks of the Murray River was Dezi Freeman.

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Police at Thologolong.

Dezi Freeman’s short stay at remote property betrayed by inner circle

Police believe the double killer had not been at his remote bush hideout long before a tip-off led them to his location.

  • Grant McArthur, Sherryn Groch, Marta Pascual Juanola, Cameron Houston, John Silvester, Chris Vedelago and Carla Jaeger
An aerial view of the property at Thologolong where Dezi Freeman was shot dead.

Inside the squalid bush encampment where Dezi Freeman died

Two hours’ drive from where he murdered two police, the fugitive was in hiding on a bush block without running water or electricity.

  • Chris Vedelago and Marta Pascual Juanola